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World Journal of Emergency Surgery Template

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About the World Journal of Emergency Surgery format

World Journal of Emergency Surgery is a peer-reviewed journal published by BMC (BioMed Central), covering Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Abdominal Trauma and Injuries. Over its lifetime it has published 1,111 papers, which have received 46,946 citations.

PublisherBMC (BioMed Central)
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Abdominal Trauma and Injuries Abdominal Surgery and Complications Trauma Management and Diagnosis
ISSN1749-7922
Citation impact (2-yr)6.07
h-index101
i10-index801
Article processing charge$3,176
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereOspedale di Macerata
Journal websitelink.springer.com
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Papers published in World Journal of Emergency Surgery per year

63
2014
62
2015
54
2016
49
2017
58
2018
63
2019
61
2020
59
2021
61
2022
59
2023
41
2024
95
2025

Citation impact of World Journal of Emergency Surgery by publication year

2.4K
2014
2.9K
2015
3.5K
2016
4.2K
2017
4K
2018
4.2K
2019
5.9K
2020
2.5K
2021
1.8K
2022
1.5K
2023
600
2024
395
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines

Salomone Di Saverio, Mauro Podda, Belinda De Simone et al. · 15 Apr 2020

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Acute appendicitis (AA) is among the most common causes of acute abdominal pain. Diagnosis of AA is still challenging and some controversies on its management are still present among different settings and practice patterns worldwide. In July 2015, the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) organized in Jerusalem the first consensus conference…

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2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis

Ari Leppäniemi, Matti Tolonen, Antonio Tarasconi et al. · 13 Jun 2019

Although most patients with acute pancreatitis have the mild form of the disease, about 20-30% develops a severe form, often associated with single or multiple organ dysfunction requiring intensive care. Identifying the severe form early is one of the major challenges in managing severe acute pancreatitis. Infection of the pancreatic and peripancreatic necrosis occurs in…

Bologna guidelines for diagnosis and management of adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO): 2017 update of the evidence-based guidelines from the world society of emergency surgery ASBO working group

Richard P. G. ten Broek, Pepijn Krielen, Salomone Di Saverio et al. · 19 Jun 2018

Adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) is a common surgical emergency, causing high morbidity and even some mortality. The adhesions causing such bowel obstructions are typically the footprints of previous abdominal surgical procedures. The present paper presents a revised version of the Bologna guidelines to evidence-based diagnosis and treatment of ASBO. The working group has added…

Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery

Miklosh Bala, Jeffry L. Kashuk, Ernest E. Moore et al. · 7 Aug 2017

Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is typically defined as a group of diseases characterized by an interruption of the blood supply to varying portions of the small intestine, leading to ischemia and secondary inflammatory changes. If untreated, this process will eventuate in life threatening intestinal necrosis. The incidence is low, estimated at 0.09-0.2% of all acute…

2020 World Society of Emergency Surgery updated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute calculus cholecystitis

Michele Pisano, Niccolò Allievi, Kurinchi Selvan Gurusamy et al. · 5 Nov 2020

BACKGROUND: Acute calculus cholecystitis (ACC) has a high incidence in the general population. The presence of several areas of uncertainty, along with the availability of new evidence, prompted the current update of the 2016 WSES (World Society of Emergency Surgery) Guidelines on ACC. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The WSES president appointed four members as a scientific…

World Journal of Emergency Surgery template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does World Journal of Emergency Surgery use?
World Journal of Emergency Surgery uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2023;12(3):45–58.
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